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AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM
Become an AWS pro by understanding IAM, learning to write policies, and configuring access. Get hands-on with realistic examples, developed by AWS Solution Certified Architects.
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20 Lessons
2 Cloud Labs
1h 30min
Updated 4 months ago
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn how to write policies to control access in an AWS account.
- Learn about AWS APIs and how to configure access by understanding the policy structure of AWS.
- Understand how IAM evaluates access with some realistic examples.
- Learn how to secure an AWS account using best practices and potential pitfalls.
Learning Roadmap
2.
Access Control Basics
Access Control Basics
Unpack the core of IAM access control concepts, elements, and CloudTrail logging in AWS.
3.
IAM Policies
IAM Policies
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Break apart IAM policy elements, types, conditions, and explore the IAM policy editor.
4.
Request Evaluation Flow and Examples
Request Evaluation Flow and Examples
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of AWS IAM's request evaluation flow and access control mechanisms.
5.
How to Secure an AWS Account
How to Secure an AWS Account
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Solve problems in securing AWS accounts by managing IAM settings, RBAC, and automating security checks.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course is about how AWS IAM works and how to write policies to control access in an AWS account. In this course, you will learn how AWS APIs work, explore different parts of the requests made to the APIs and elaborates on how access is determined. Additionally, you will dive into how to configure access inside AWS by describing the policy structure and the 5 policy types AWS supports.
Further, you will become familiar with how the elements in the request and the policies fit together. You will also determine whether the operation is allowed or denied by demonstrating through several step-by-step realistic examples that show exactly how IAM evaluates access, thus providing templates for how to apply these protections to AWS environments.
Lastly, this course offers you some practical tips on how to secure an account both as an administrator and as a developer. It explains the best practices and the usual pitfalls of AWS security.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tamás Sallai
Software engineer focusing mostly on cloud computing and web technologies. I'm especially interested in how to handle edge cases to end up with dependable software. One of my main focus is security and how each part affects the whole system.
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